Michael Steele Quotes

It sounds odd, but it's almost hard to find a piece of negative press about myself.

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

I do a lot of sexy publicity, but I have yet to have any bad experiences regarding jealousy.

I actually think some of the rappers can help our image, because the thing I'm concerned about is the NBA's image. I always want our image to be on the rise, and if the rappers can help young players get business-minded, then I'm all for it.

Switching the public's perception and view of me was, and still is, kind of a challenge to get them to see me outside of a character that I played on TV for so long.

It's not only about the rap lyric. Today, people are buying you as a person.

A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.

I'm happy to do interviews from time to time, but I don't find them that necessary - and that hasn't seemed to have affected people's understanding of our work.

I'm trying to protect what I advertise. That's my stance on any kind of self-expression.

Never believe people in this business who say they don't read what's written about them.

Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.

People don't need to necessarily see me in the jersey to understand who I am and what message I'm trying to get across with the things that I'm marketing.

I can't complain about the way I've been marketed because it's been so successful.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

A personal brand is relevant to people who sell or create something relevant to who they are as a person. If you're not in that boat, which most people are not, personal branding makes no sense.

He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world.

I don't keep a press agent because I think people need to have a break from you.

I think if you go from show to show without doing that big PR blitz it's helpful because people can get pretty sick of your face if you're just out there all the time. And keep a low profile, hold in your stomach and be a good sport.

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

You need that marketing power. You need to go do the interviews. You need to put yourself out there and risk and be open to the fact that people are going to not like you, and they are just going to rip you apart, and whatever you say in an interview can get quoted out of context.

People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.

Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved—commitment to a scenario.

They put out statements to make themselves look good.

Many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism which describes him.